Контрольное задание №1

IV. Прочтите и устно переведите на русский язык 1—5 абзацы текста. Перепишите и письменно переведите 1—5 абзацы.
Пояснения к тексту
trunk pipelines — магистральные (основные) трубопроводы
herd —стадо
patch — кусок, небольшой участок (земли)
URENGOI

1. 
   Urengoi is a gas deposit discovered 15 years ago in the northern part of Western Siberia. It has almost triple the reserves of all known gas deposits in the United States. Urengoi has no equal in the world. The future of the Soviet energy industry as well as our capacity to export natural gas to the CMEA countries and Western Europe are closely linked to this deposit.
   
2. 
   Every single drill hole here yields as much gas as seven to nine drill holes in the north of the European part of the USSR, or approximately 20 in the Ukraine.
   
3. 
   Today Urengoi produces a sixth of the country's natural gas, and will provide almost half by the end of the current five-year period. The annual increase in gas output will be 40 - 45,000 million cubic metres - approximately the total production of the USSR in 1960.
   
4. 
   Let us now make an estimate. Gas pipelines with a pipe diameter of 1.420 mm at a pressure of 75 atm, pump 32,000 million cubic metres annually. Every kilometer of gas pipeline means a thousand tons of metal and an investment of a million roubles. The Urengoi-Moscow pipeline is 2,800 km long.
   
5. 
   Today, there are five trunk pipelines linking Urengoi with industrial areas of the country. In future more will be needed. And each one conveys more energy than is yielded by all the biggest electric stations built on Siberia's great Yenisei River and the Angara.
   
6. 
   In the language of Nentsi, the natives of that land, the name "Urengoi" means a dead site. Natural conditions seem to justify the sad name. Until just a short time ago, it was only the rare herd of reindeer that visited the area. Indeed, who would be attracted by a deserted patch of the tundra where it gets colder than minus 50°C. The riches concealed in the depths of Urengoi forced people to regard the site quite differently.
   

V. Прочтите 6-й абзац текста и вопрос к нему. Из приведенных вариантов ответа укажите номер предложения, содержащего правильный ответ.
Why did the natives of Urengoi call it a dead site?

1. 
   ... because nobody lived there.
   
2. 
   ... because there were no trees and plants there.
   
3. 
   ... because of severe natural conditions.